156 Fun Facts About Friday the 13th

The fear of Friday the 13th has a specific name. Which of these is it?

It is also called friggatriskaidekaphobia, after Frigg, the Norse goddess Friday is named for; fear of the number 13 alone is triskaidekaphobia.

One origin story for Friday the 13th superstition is King Philip IV of France's mass arrest of which order in October 1307?

King Philip IV, in debt to the Knights Templar, had Jacques de Molay and scores of them seized at dawn on Friday 13 October 1307; de Molay was burned at the stake in 1314.

Which pope formally dissolved the order arrested in 1307, at the Council of Vienne in 1312?

Clement V suppressed the Templars with the bull Vox in excelso at the Council of Vienne in 1312; most Templar assets passed to the Knights Hospitaller.

Christian superstition holds that which disciple was the 13th to sit down at the Last Supper?

Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, is cast as the 13th to sit, though the Bible actually says nothing about the seating order.

An early English reference to Friday the 13th appears in an 1869 biography of which composer, who died that day in 1868?

Gioachino Rossini died on Friday 13 November 1868; Henry Sutherland Edwards's 1869 biography recorded that he regarded both Fridays and the number 13 as unlucky.

Which stockbroker-author wrote the 1907 novel 'Friday, the Thirteenth', credited with spreading the superstition?

Thomas W. Lawson, a Boston stockbroker, published Friday, the Thirteenth in 1907; in it a broker picks the date to engineer a Wall Street panic.

At most how many Friday the 13ths can fall in a single calendar year?

Three is the maximum, and there is always at least one Friday the 13th per calendar year.

A month contains a Friday the 13th whenever it starts on which day of the week?

A month has a Friday the 13th exactly when it begins on a Sunday, because the 13th falls twelve days after the 1st; every calendar year has at least one.

In the Gregorian calendar, the 13th of the month is very slightly more likely to fall on which weekday?

Friday: across the 400-year Gregorian cycle of exactly 20,871 weeks, the 13th falls on a Friday 688 times, one more than on a Sunday or Wednesday.

The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute estimates US businesses lose roughly how much every Friday the 13th?

Donald Dossey's Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute put the loss at $800-900 million per Friday the 13th, claiming 17 to 21 million Americans are affected by the fear.

In Spanish-speaking countries and Greece, the unlucky 13th falls on which day of the week?

For the Greeks the day belongs to Ares, god of war; the Spanish saying is 'martes trece'.

In Italy, 13 is generally considered lucky. Which date is the unlucky one there instead?

The Roman numeral XVII can be rearranged to VIXI, Latin for 'I have lived', which is to say 'I am dead'.

A 2002 Otis Elevators review found what share of tall buildings using its lifts had no floor labelled 13?

85 percent: an internal Otis Elevators review reported in 2002 that 85 percent of buildings fitted with its lifts had no floor numbered 13; a 2007 Gallup poll found 13 percent of Americans would mind a 13th-floor room.

The word 'triskaidekaphobia' was first used in print in 1910 by which psychiatrist?

Isador Coriat coined 'triskaidekaphobia' in his 1910 book Abnormal Psychology; Franklin D. Roosevelt and Arnold Schoenberg are among the famous sufferers.

Which country holds a road-safety 'National Accident Day' that always falls on a Friday the 13th?

Dutch insurers, by contrast, found slightly fewer accidents, fires and thefts on Fridays the 13th than on other Fridays.

Which businesses treat Friday the 13th as an unofficial holiday, offering cheap 'flash' designs featuring 13?

Tattoo parlours: many run all-night Friday the 13th flash specials, selling small '13' designs for $13, a tradition that began in Dallas in the 1990s.

Which band's self-titled debut, released on Friday, February 13, 1970, is widely treated as the birth of heavy metal?

Black Sabbath's debut reached number eight on the UK chart and is widely treated as the birth of the genre.

On Friday the 13th of which month in 1972 did the Uruguayan rugby team's plane crash in the Andes?

October: Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 went down on Friday 13 October 1972; sixteen survivors were rescued on 22 and 23 December after two of them trekked out over the mountains.

Which rapper died on Friday, September 13, 1996, six days after being shot in Las Vegas?

Tupac Shakur died on Friday 13 September 1996, aged 25, six days after a drive-by shooting on the Las Vegas Strip following a Mike Tyson fight.

Apollo 13, launched in April 1970, suffered its oxygen tank explosion on which day of the month?

The 13th: the oxygen tank ruptured on the evening of 13 April 1970, Houston time, two days after launch; all three crew came home safely.

Who directed the original Friday the 13th film in 1980?

Sean S. Cunningham, spurred by the success of Halloween, took out a Variety ad using the title before the script was even finished.

Which future star played Jack, killed by an arrow through the throat, in the original Friday the 13th (1980)?

Kevin Bacon's death scene was rigged by Tom Savini from beneath the bed; the film cost about $550,000 and grossed nearly $60 million.

Tom Savini suggested the 1980 film's lake-lunge ending after seeing which movie?

Carrie: Savini wanted a 'chair jumper' like the hand bursting from the grave at the end of Brian De Palma's Carrie, and the lake lunge gave the sequels their monster.

The original film was shot at a real Boy Scout camp, Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, in which state?

New Jersey: Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, a working Boy Scout camp near Blairstown, hosted the September 1979 shoot and later opened its grounds for fan tours.

Which studio paid $1.5m for the domestic distribution rights to the original Friday the 13th?

Warner Bros. took the international rights, and New Line acquired the franchise much later.

Where did screenwriter Victor Miller take the surname 'Voorhees' from?

A girl he knew at high school: Miller borrowed her surname Voorhees, while 'Jason' was a blend of his sons' names, Josh and Ian.

In Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981), what does Jason wear over his face?

A burlap sack with a single eyehole; the hockey mask only arrives in Part III, and the heroine fools him briefly by putting on his dead mother's sweater.

Friday the 13th Part III (1982), where Jason first dons the hockey mask, was the only entry released in what format?

3-D: Part III is the only Friday the 13th film released in 3-D, an idea that came up during a lighting check; it opened at No. 1 in August 1982.

Jason's hockey mask was adapted from a goaltender mask of which NHL team?

It was enlarged and given new red triangles, and has become one of the most recognisable images in horror.

Which stuntman played Jason in four consecutive films, more than any other actor?

Kane Hodder played Jason in Part VII: The New Blood (1988), Part VIII, Jason Goes to Hell and Jason X (2001), and later did the motion capture for the 2017 video game.

In Part VI, what brings Jason back from the dead?

A lightning strike: Tommy Jarvis stabs the corpse with a metal fence post that lightning then hits, and from Jason Lives onward he is a supernatural zombie rather than a man.

In Friday the 13th Part VII, Jason is accidentally freed from his chains by a girl with what ability?

Telekinesis: Tina Shepard's telekinetic powers accidentally raise Jason from the lake bed, and she turns them on him in the finale.

Jason X, in which Jason is thawed out aboard a spaceship, is set around which year?

2455: frozen in 2010, Jason is thawed 445 years later aboard a research ship; Earth is uninhabitable and David Cronenberg cameos as a doctor.

The 2003 Elm Street crossover ends with Jason walking out of Crystal Lake carrying what?

Krueger's severed head, which winks at the camera to keep the outcome deliberately ambiguous; the film grossed about $117 million worldwide.

Who directed Freddy vs. Jason?

Ronny Yu, the Hong Kong director of Bride of Chucky; Ken Kirzinger replaced Kane Hodder as Jason, while Robert Englund returned as Freddy.

The 2009 reboot, released on Friday, February 13, starred which Supernatural actor as Clay Miller?

Jared Padalecki, Sam Winchester on Supernatural, played Clay Miller; the film opened to $40.6 million, a franchise record at the time.

Counting the 2009 reboot, how many Friday the 13th feature films had been released by then?

Twelve: eight numbered entries, Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X, Freddy vs. Jason and the 2009 reboot, which together had grossed more than $468 million worldwide.

Friday the 13th: The Series, which ran for 72 episodes from 1987 to 1990 with no Jason in sight, was about what?

Cursed antiques were the subject; the show had nothing to do with Jason, and the title was purely a marketing hook.

In Friday the 13th: The Game (2017), how many players could be counsellors against one Jason?

Seven: up to seven counsellors faced one Jason in each eight-player match; the game sold 1.8 million copies but was pulled from sale at the end of 2023 after the Miller–Cunningham rights lawsuit froze new content.

The 1980 original's director first coined the title 'Friday the 13th' as a name for what?

He was inspired to make a slasher after the success of Halloween, and put the ad out before there was a script.

In Norse myth, which uninvited god arrived as the 13th guest at a dinner of twelve and arranged Balder's death?

Loki, the trickster, arranged for Höðr to shoot Balder with a mistletoe arrow, one origin story for unlucky 13.

Which London landmark was bombed on Friday 13 September 1940, with the King and Queen inside?

Buckingham Palace was hit by German bombs on Friday 13 September 1940 while George VI and Queen Elizabeth were in residence; the Queen said she could now 'look the East End in the face'.

Before which period is there no record of Friday and 13 being linked as especially unlucky?

An 1834 French play has a character born on Friday, December 13th blame it for all his misfortunes.

An 1834 play, Les Finesses des Gribouilles, has a character born on Friday the 13th of which month?

He was "born on a Friday, December 13th, 1813 from which come all of my misfortunes".

Which Australian state's 'Black Friday' bushfires burned on Friday 13 January 1939?

Victoria: the Black Friday fires of 13 January 1939 killed 71 people and burned almost two million hectares, prompting a royal commission that reshaped the state's forest management.

What is the longest possible gap, in months, between two Fridays the 13th?

14 months: from July to September of the following year, as in 2018–19, or from August to October of the next year, as in 1999–2000.

What is the shortest possible gap between two Fridays the 13th?

It happens from February to March in a common year starting on Thursday, such as 2026.

On average, how often does a Friday the 13th occur?

Every 212.35 days: the 400-year cycle's 146,097 days divided by its 688 Fridays the 13th, which works out to about 1.72 a year.

The 'Friday the 13th mini-crash' of October 1989 followed a failed buyout of which airline?

United Airlines: when financing for the $6.75 billion UAL buyout collapsed on Friday 13 October 1989, the Dow fell 190 points, about 6.9 percent, in what was dubbed the Friday the 13th mini-crash.

Which revolutionary leader was born on Friday 13 August 1926?

Fidel Castro was born on Friday 13 August 1926 in Birán, Cuba; he led the island from the 1959 revolution until handing power to his brother Raúl in 2008.

Which organisation coordinates Finland's Friday-the-13th National Accident Day, held since 1995?

The campaign is led by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health to promote road safety.

A 1993 study claimed transport-accident hospital admissions rose by how much on the 13th?

52 percent: the 1993 BMJ paper 'Is Friday the 13th Bad for Your Health?' found transport-accident admissions up 52 percent, though its authors conceded the numbers were too small and later studies found no link.

Dutch insurers found roughly how many traffic accidents on a Friday the 13th versus 7,800 on other Fridays?

7,500: the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics counted an average of about 7,500 traffic accidents on Fridays the 13th against 7,800 on other Fridays, suggesting people drive more carefully or stay home.

Which Dallas tattoo artist is credited with starting the Friday the 13th '13' flash tradition?

Oliver Peck of Dallas's Elm Street Tattoo began offering cheap '13' designs on Fridays the 13th in the mid-1990s, and the all-night flash special spread to shops worldwide.

Which Greek god's influence makes Tuesday the unlucky day in Greek culture?

Ares: Greeks regard Tuesday as ruled by Ares, god of war (Mars, who names the Latin dies Martis), and Constantinople fell on a Tuesday in both 1204 and 1453.

Which Irish playwright was born on Good Friday, 13 April 1906?

Samuel Beckett, author of Waiting for Godot, was born on Good Friday, 13 April 1906, at Foxrock near Dublin; he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969.

A month contains a Tuesday the 13th whenever it starts on which day?

A Friday the 17th, Italy's unlucky day, needs a month starting on Wednesday.

Which Reservoir Dogs actor was born on Friday 13 December 1957?

Steve Buscemi, Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs, was born on Friday 13 December 1957 in Brooklyn, New York.

In Jason Goes to Hell, what is Creighton Duke, who knows how to kill Jason?

A bounty hunter: Creighton Duke, played by Steven Williams, has hunted Jason for years and is the one who knows the secret of how to kill him for good.

Which counselor decapitates Mrs. Voorhees at the end of the 1980 film?

Adrienne King's Alice returns briefly in Part 2, only to be killed with an ice pick.

Which final girl slams a machete into Jason's shoulder in Part 2?

Amy Steel's Ginny finds a shrine built around Mrs. Voorhees's severed head.

In Part III, Chris Higgins seemingly kills Jason with what?

Jason simply removes the axe in the morgue at the start of The Final Chapter.

Who is the copycat killer using Jason's persona in A New Beginning?

Roy's son had been murdered by a patient at the halfway house where Tommy Jarvis lives.

How does Tommy leave Jason at the end of Jason Lives?

Chained to a boulder in the lake: Tommy lures Jason into Crystal Lake and sinks him with a chain and boulder, where he stays until Part VII.

How is Jason finally destroyed at the end of Jason Takes Manhattan?

Melted by toxic waste flooding the sewer, which leaves him as a child's body; the film only reaches New York in its last act after a long stretch aboard a cruise ship.

Which relative stabs Jason with a mystical dagger in Jason Goes to Hell?

His niece Jessica Kimble: only a Voorhees by blood can kill him, and Jessica drives the mystical dagger into his heart, sending him to Hell.

In Jason X, which scientist decides cryonic suspension is the only way to stop Jason?

Jason ruptures the cryo-chamber and freezes them both for over 400 years.

Whom does Freddy Krueger resurrect Jason to terrorise in Freddy vs. Jason?

The residents of Springwood: Freddy needs the town to fear him again so he can invade their dreams, but Jason refuses to stop killing once unleashed.

In the 2009 reboot, why does Jason kidnap Whitney Miller instead of killing her?

She resembles his mother when young: Whitney looks like the photo of Pamela Voorhees in Jason's locket, so he keeps her captive; her brother Clay comes looking six weeks later.

Which Wes Craven film had Sean Cunningham worked on before Friday the 13th?

The Last House on the Left (1972): Cunningham produced Craven's debut, but wanted Friday to be a 'roller coaster ride' rather than another Last House.

What was Victor Miller's working title while drafting the first film's script?

A Long Night at Camp Blood was Miller's working title; Cunningham believed in the 'Friday the 13th' name and rushed an ad into Variety before checking whether the title was clear.

What did Cunningham's Friday the 13th logo show, as designed by a New York ad agency?

Block letters bursting through a pane of glass, the image a New York ad agency designed for the Variety ad; an earlier film released as Friday the 13th: The Orphan reportedly prompted a threatened lawsuit.

Which producer insisted the sequel feature Jason, whose original appearance was only a joke?

Phil Scuderi, the Boston exhibitor who financed the original, insisted Jason be the sequel's killer even though the lake lunge had been written as a one-off jolt.

Who directed both Part 2 and Part III after Cunningham declined to return?

Miner had been associate producer on the original.

Producer Barbara Sachs dubbed The New Blood by what nickname?

Screenwriter Daryl Haney gave the final girl telekinetic powers to vary the formula.

Which city substituted for most of the New York scenes in Jason Takes Manhattan?

Vancouver stood in for most of the New York scenes after budget cuts; Jason spends about a third of the film on a boat before ever reaching the city.

Which Wes Craven film delayed the Freddy–Jason crossover by drawing him back to New Line?

New Nightmare (1994): Wes Craven's return to make it put the crossover on hold, so Cunningham made Jason Goes to Hell first.

About how much did New Line spend on unused Freddy vs. Jason drafts before making the film?

$6 million on 18 scripts: New Line cycled through roughly eighteen unused drafts; rejected ideas included Freddy drowning Jason as a child and a cult of 'Fred Heads'.

Which director of the 2003 Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake was hired for the 2009 reboot?

Marcus Nispel, who had directed Platinum Dunes' 2003 Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake; producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form wanted the reboot to explain how the hockey mask happens.

Which Friday the 13th film's self-aware humour is credited with prefiguring the Scream films?

Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), written and directed by Tom McLoughlin, winks at the audience throughout, and its self-aware humour has been credited with prefiguring Scream a decade later.

Where did IGN rank Friday the 13th in its 2006 list of the top 25 film franchises?

Reviewers called it one of the most influential franchises of the 1980s despite Halloween starting the slasher genre.

Which Christopher Nolan film did Warners gain by handing series rights to Paramount in 2013?

Interstellar: in 2013 Warner Bros. handed its Friday the 13th and South Park rights to Paramount in exchange for a stake in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar; the rights reverted to New Line/Warners in 2018.

Under what title did Shannon and Swift plan their unmade sequel to the 2009 reboot?

It would have been set in winter, with Whitney's body seen in the frozen lake.

Under what original title was the 1987 antiques-hunting TV series created?

The 13th Hour was the working title; Frank Mancuso Jr. attached the Friday the 13th name purely to help sell the show to stations, and the leads' shop was called Curious Goods.

Which two actors starred in Friday the 13th: The Series as the cursed-antique-hunting cousins?

John D. LeMay and Louise Robey played cousins Ryan Dallion and Micki Foster; LeMay later starred as Steven Freeman in Jason Goes to Hell.

In which city was Friday the 13th: The Series filmed?

Toronto: the series was shot in and around Toronto, Ontario; its first season ran second only to Star Trek: The Next Generation among first-run syndicated dramas.

Which sitcom joked about "Friday the 13th part 1649" in a 1988 episode?

Red Dwarf: the gag appears in 'Better Than Life', a 1988 series-two episode set three million years in the future.

Which studio produced the Peacock prequel series Crystal Lake, announced in 2022?

A24 developed Crystal Lake for Peacock after securing the rights in 2022, pitching it as a prequel centred on Pamela Voorhees.

Which showrunner was fired from Crystal Lake in 2024 before Brad Caleb Kane took over?

Bryan Fuller, the Hannibal creator, left Crystal Lake in 2024 when A24 elected to take the series in a different direction, and Brad Caleb Kane was later named showrunner.

Which actress was cast as Pamela Voorhees in the prequel series Crystal Lake?

Linda Cardellini, of Freaks and Geeks and Dead to Me, was cast as Pamela Voorhees, the mother whose revenge sets the whole franchise in motion.

Which 1975 film's unseen-menace motif inspired Manfredini's approach to scoring the 1980 original?

Jaws: as John Williams's theme stood in for the unseen shark, Manfredini let the music stand in for Mrs. Voorhees, who only appears in the final reel.

Which composer's chorus with "striking pronunciations" inspired the "ki ki ki, ma ma ma" sound?

Krzysztof Penderecki: Manfredini borrowed the idea from a Penderecki choral piece with 'striking pronunciations', then spoke the syllables harshly into a mic and ran them through an echo machine.

Where did Harry Manfredini record the original Friday the 13th score?

He finished it in a few weeks; many people mishear the motif as "cha, cha, cha".

Which composer rescored the opening theme with a disco beat for Part III?

Michael Zager, of the disco act the Michael Zager Band, rearranged the theme with a dance beat for Part III; Manfredini, tied up with a Broadway job, scored only the first and last reels.

Which composer of Friday the 13th: The Series finished the score for The New Blood?

Mollin fully scored Jason Takes Manhattan and co-wrote a Robert Plant-style opening song.

Which horror hero was set to join a Freddy vs. Jason sequel before it collapsed?

Ash Williams: Bruce Campbell and New Line could not agree on Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, and the story became a 2007 comic series instead.

Which network developed a Friday the 13th TV series in 2015 before dropping it as unsustainable?

The CW: network president Mark Pedowitz said the script made a very good pilot but would not be a sustainable series, and the project was dropped.

Roughly what was the budget of the original 1980 Friday the 13th?

$550,000–650,000: made for roughly $550,000, it grossed $59.8 million worldwide, one of the best returns on investment of any 1980 release.

Which studio secured international distribution of the 1980 original after a bidding war?

Paramount took domestic rights.

On what date was the original Friday the 13th released?

May 9, 1980: Paramount released it wide in the US, where it took about $39.7 million, making it one of 1980's top-grossing films.

Which critic called Cunningham "one of the most despicable creatures ever to infest the movie business"?

Siskel even printed the address of Paramount's parent-company chairman and urged readers to complain.

Which characters did Kevin Bacon, Mark Nelson and Jeannine Taylor play in the 1980 film?

Jack, Ned and Marcie: Bacon's Jack, Mark Nelson's Ned and Jeannine Taylor's Marcie are the counsellor trio, and the three actors already knew each other from New York stage work.

Part 2 was originally intended to be what kind of film?

A superstition-themed anthology: Paramount first planned unconnected scary movies under the Friday the 13th banner, but the surprise ending's popularity persuaded the makers to continue the Crystal Lake story.

Which character's severed head does Alice find in her fridge at the start of Part 2?

Jason's mother's: Alice opens the fridge to find Pamela Voorhees's head, and is then killed with an ice pick two months after the first film's events.

Which town crank returns in Part 2, played again by Walt Gorney?

Ralph warns everyone that Camp Crystal Lake has a "death curse".

Which blockbuster did Part III knock off the top of the box office in August 1982?

E.T.: Part III opened at No. 1 in August 1982, ending E.T.'s run at the top, and grossed $36.7 million on a $2.2 million budget despite negative reviews.

Why was Part III's original plan to focus on Part 2's survivor abandoned?

Script supervisor Martin Kitrosser co-wrote the replacement story with Carol Watson.

Unlike its two predecessors, Part III was filmed in which state?

California: Part III shot at a ranch near Saugus in spring 1982, while the first two films had used New Jersey and Connecticut locations.

Who directed The Final Chapter (1984)?

Joseph Zito, who had made The Prowler, directed; Tom Savini returned to help kill off the character he had helped create.

Which future Back to the Future actor appears in The Final Chapter?

Crispin Glover, George McFly a year later, plays Jimmy and his famous dance; Kimberly Beck, Corey Feldman and Peter Barton also star.

Why did producer Frank Mancuso Jr. want The Final Chapter to end the series?

He felt no one respected his work on it: Mancuso Jr. wanted out after three films, and Paramount agreed, aware that slasher films were fading; the sequel came a year later anyway.

Which book detailed the rampant behind-the-scenes drug use on A New Beginning?

Crystal Lake Memories: Peter M. Bracke's 2005 oral history, subtitled The Complete History of Friday the 13th, records the rampant drug use on the set of A New Beginning.

Which future Scandal star made his film debut in Jason Lives?

Tony Goldwyn, later President Fitzgerald Grant on Scandal, made his film debut as Darren in Jason Lives, which Tom McLoughlin wrote and directed.

Which rocker recorded 'He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)' for Jason Lives?

Alice Cooper wrote and performed 'He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)' for Jason Lives in 1986, and it appeared on his album Constrictor.

Who played Jason in Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)?

C. J. Graham, a nightclub manager who replaced stuntman Dan Bradley during the shoot; Kane Hodder took over from Part VII onward.

Which Weekend at Bernie's actor appears in The New Blood?

Kiser plays the manipulative Dr. Crews.

How did Tina Shepard's father die in The New Blood's prologue?

Her guilt over his death drives her to try to raise him, freeing Jason instead.

What did Jason slash through in Jason Takes Manhattan's retracted marketing image?

The 'I Love New York' logo: the teaser poster showed Jason slashing through the heart of the I ♥ NY logo; the state's tourism committee complained and Paramount pulled it.

Which studio released Jason Goes to Hell, the first entry not from Paramount?

New Line Cinema, Freddy Krueger's studio, released Jason Goes to Hell in 1993; it grossed $15.9 million domestically on a $3 million budget.

How is Jason killed at the start of Jason Goes to Hell?

An FBI trap with a grenade launcher: a decoy lures him into a Crystal Lake ambush where he is blown apart; a coroner then eats his beating heart, and Jason's soul possesses him.

What nickname did the crew give the cyborg killer of the tenth film?

Uber Jason: the nanotech-rebuilt cyborg of Jason X (2001) got that crew nickname after writer Todd Farmer pitched space as the only direction left for the series.

Roughly how much did Jason X gross worldwide, against a budget of up to $14m?

$17.1 million: Jason X sat on the shelf for two years after its champion Michael De Luca left New Line, then opened in April 2002 to poor reviews and a weak box office.

Which Destiny's Child singer stars in Freddy vs. Jason?

Kelly Rowland plays Kia Waterson; Monica Keena and Jason Ritter lead the cast alongside her.

Freddy vs. Jason is which numbered entry in Freddy Krueger's own film series?

It is the eleventh Friday film and Robert Englund's final turn as Krueger.

Which actor plays Jason in the 2009 reboot?

Derek Mears, a 6 ft 5 in stuntman, played a Jason redesigned as a lean, quick killer with a sympathetic backstory.

On Friday 13 March 2020, the US president declared a national emergency over which outbreak?

COVID-19: Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday 13 March 2020, two days after the WHO called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.

In what year did Jason supposedly drown at Camp Crystal Lake, per the original film?

1957: the film says Jason drowned in 1957, and the attempt to reopen the camp comes twenty-two years later, in 1979.

Which Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actress played Pamela in the 2009 reboot?

Nana Visitor, Kira Nerys on Deep Space Nine, played Pamela in the 2009 reboot; Betsy Palmer had turned down a return in Freddy vs. Jason after reading the script.

Who made Jason deformed, when Victor Miller had scripted him as a normal-looking boy?

Tom Savini designed the deformed Jason; Miller had written him as a mentally disabled but normal-looking child, not a 'Black Lagoon' creature.

Which developer made Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)?

IllFonic developed it and Gun Media published it; the game was delisted at the end of 2023 and its online play switched off at the start of 2025.

Which character can a counselor player unlock and control in Friday the 13th: The Game?

Tommy Jarvis: a counsellor who has escaped or died can return as a shotgun-armed Tommy Jarvis after a radio call; counsellors can also stun Jason with firecrackers, bear traps and found weapons.

Which two companies made the notorious 1989 NES Friday the 13th game?

Atlus and LJN: Atlus developed and LJN published the 1989 NES game, in which players must defeat Jason three times over three days and nights.

Cabin fights with Jason in the NES game are reminiscent of which other Nintendo title?

Punch-Out!!: cabin fights switch to a first-person view reminiscent of Punch-Out!!, and the player can also fight Jason's mother's head in a hidden cave room.

Which tarot trump card is numbered 13 in several variants?

Death: trump XIII is the Death card in the Tarot de Marseille and Rider–Waite decks; Court de Gébelin wrote in 1781 that the number was 'always considered as unlucky'.

Since at least 1774, what fate awaits one of 13 people who sit at a table, per superstition?

Death within a year: the old warning is that when thirteen sit down together, one will die within the year, a belief some link to the thirteen at the Last Supper.

Which university considers 13 lucky because it was founded by 13 men with $13 and 13 prayers?

Colgate University: thirteen men with thirteen dollars and thirteen prayers founded it in 1819, and Friday the 13th is treated as the luckiest day on its campus.

Besides labelling it "14", how else do buildings commonly disguise a 13th floor?

Calling it 12A or M: M is the thirteenth letter of the alphabet, so a floor marked M is 13 in disguise; some buildings simply make it a mechanical floor.

Ireland altered 2013 vehicle plates to read what, to reassure superstitious buyers?

131 and 132: Ireland split the 2013 registration into two codes, 131 for the first half of the year and 132 for the second, sidestepping a plain '13' plate.

At exactly what time was Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970?

Its oxygen tank exploded on April 13, though that day was not a Friday.

Besides Jason, which horror icon did Kane Hodder physically portray in a 1990 sequel's stunts?

Leatherface: Hodder was the stunt double for Leatherface in 1990's Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, and also played Freddy Krueger's clawed hand at the end of Jason Goes to Hell.

Which horror series stars Kane Hodder as Victor Crowley?

Hatchet: Hodder plays the swamp ghost Victor Crowley across Adam Green's Hatchet series, which began in 2006.

On which game show was Betsy Palmer a long-time panelist?

I've Got a Secret: Palmer was a regular panelist from 1957 to 1967; born Patricia Betsy Hrunek in East Chicago, Indiana, she did summer stock with Paul Newman.

Why did Adrienne King retreat from acting after Part 2?

A stalker harassed her and broke into her home: King stepped away from on-camera work, moved into voice and ADR jobs, and later launched Crystal Lake-themed wines.

Which soap opera did Adrienne King work on for seven seasons as an ADR looper?

Looping is re-recording dialogue in post-production.

Which Oregon vineyard partnered with Adrienne King on Crystal Lake Wines?

She also sells her own paintings.

What single question was Ari Lehman asked at his audition to play young Jason?

Lehman had already worked for Cunningham in the soccer film Manny's Orphans.

What is the name of Ari Lehman's punk-metal band aimed at horror fans?

First Jason: Lehman fronts the punk-metal band First Jason, named for his status as the first actor to play the character; he is also a Berklee-trained jazz pianist.

Which 1990 remake did the effects legend behind the first film's makeup direct?

Night of the Living Dead: Tom Savini directed the 1990 colour remake of Romero's film; he had done the effects on the first and fourth Friday films.

Which classic actor inspired the first film's makeup artist as a boy?

Lon Chaney: seeing the 1957 biopic Man of a Thousand Faces, with James Cagney as Chaney, set the young Savini on the path to makeup effects.

Which pop superstar has made prominent use of 13 as a lucky number throughout her career?

Taylor Swift isn't alone: athletes Dan Marino and Wilt Chamberlain also wore 13 to great success, and both had the number retired.

Which horror novelist is listed among notable sufferers of triskaidekaphobia?

He shares the list with composer Arnold Schoenberg and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The opening ceremony of which Summer Olympics fell on Friday 13 August 2004?

Athens hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics, whose opening ceremony was held on Friday 13 August 2004 at the Spyros Louis Olympic Stadium.

The Costa Concordia ran aground on Friday, 13 January 2012 off which Italian island?

Isola del Giglio: the Costa Concordia struck rocks off Giglio in Tuscany with 3,206 passengers and 1,023 crew aboard, on the first leg of a cruise from Civitavecchia; 32 people died.

Thirteen Clubs counted five future US presidents as members, from Chester A. Arthur to whom?

Theodore Roosevelt: the Thirteen Club's five future presidents were Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley and Roosevelt; members walked under ladders and sat among spilled salt to mock superstition.

At what time did Captain William Fowler's Thirteen Club sit down to its first dinner on 13 January 1881?

Thirteen diners ate in Room 13, walking under a ladder to get in.

Which stuntman played Jason in Friday the 13th Part III, the film where the hockey mask debuts?

Richard Brooker, a former trapeze artist, played Jason in Part III, taking the mask from a victim in the barn at Higgins Haven; Ted White took over for The Final Chapter.